Great Regulars: My second son, Eddie, helped me write

the poem about him creating havoc in a supermarket. But Eddie died of meningitis when he was 18. He appeared to have flu (and I did check for meningitis symptoms) so I put him to bed with paracetamol and we chatted. I went in at 6am the next morning and he was dead. I went crazy really, but I did ring the ambulance. They told me to pull him out of bed.

from Michael Rosen: The Guardian: My family values

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